Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) [XC379591]
by Stanislas Wroza from Tierra de Trujillo (near La Cumbre), C\u00e1ceres, Extremadura, Spain (call)
Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) [XC740964]
by Francisco Molinero from Tierra de Trujillo (near La Cumbre), C\u00e1ceres, Extremadura, Spain (song)
Subspecies
Geographical variation rather slight, and small clinal increase in size from west to east. Described subspecies dathei (from south-eastern Turkey) considered synonymous with gaza.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
calandra (Linnaeus, 1766) - Iberia and southern France east to southern Russia and north-western Kazakhstan, southern (including Mediterranean islands of Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus) to north-western Africa (northern Morocco east to north-western Libya), Turkey (except south-central and south-east), Transcaucasia and north-western Iran.
hebraica Meinertzhagen, R, 1920 - South-central Turkey and adjacent north-western Syria south to Israel, Palestine and western Jordan.